Joanne Frankel LSDC

Stitched & Constructed Textiles

About Joanne
Joanne Frankel is a textile artist based in South Wirral, Cheshire. Originally from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire and still a place she very much regards as home. Joanne grew up surrounded by the Forests wonderful and ancient woodlands, rolling hills and rivers as well as a variety of wildlife. Inspired by the natural world around her, Joanne combines her passion for drawing and painting with contemporary textile techniques.
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After gaining a first class honours degree in design in 2014, Joanne chose to specialise in textile art combining drawing and painting with hand and machine embroidery. She takes inspiration from the innate irregularity of patterns found in nature, capturing its unique beauty and unpredictability. Influenced by botanical illustrations united with an exploration of the imagination, Joanne creates distinctive and wonderful representations of art found in nature.

The use of thread as a drawing and painting medium enables Joanne to incorporate texture and depth while the inclusion and layering of fabrics and sequins enhance and capture a unique quality of light enabling Joanne to translate her illustrations into complex and often large scale designs on canvas.

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Education
• 2011 - 2014 Liverpool Hope University - Bachelor of Design, First Class Honours Degree,
• 2010 -2011 West Cheshire College - Level 3 Foundation Diploma - Art and Design, Distinction

Awards
• 2011 Freeman and Guilds Award – Chester
• 2017 Licentiate Member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen.
• 2017 National Open Textile Exhibition, Third place
• 2017 Gallery Choice Award, Cheshire Open Studio Exhibition, Castle Park Gallery, Frodsham

Exhibitions

• 2018 Wirral Open Studios Tour
• 2018 Chelsea College of Arts, London, The Hand of the Maker with The Society of Designer Craftsmen
• 2018 Willow Gallery, Oswestry, 'Carousel' Exhibition
• 2018 Blue Moon Gallery, Heswall, 'H2O', Exhibition with Re-View Textiles

• 2017 Castle Park Gallery, Frodsham, Cheshire, Cheshire Open Exhibition

• 2017 Farfield Mill, Sedbergh, Cumbria, ' A Small World', Exhibition with Re-View Textiles
• 2017 Seagrass Studios and Gallery, Open Exhibition
• 2017 Ness Gardens, Solo Exhibition, ‘Stitch in Bloom’
• 2017 Williamson Gallery & Museum, Embroiderer's Guild 20th Year Branch Anniversary
• 2017 Willow Gallery, Oswestry, 'A Collection of Rarities' Exhibition
• 2017 Ness Gardens Exhibition – ‘Inside the Envelope’ (Sue Boardman & friends)
• 2016 Chirk Castle, Oswestry, Embroiderers Guild -'Capability Brown' Exhibition
• 2016 Wirral Open Studios Tour
• 2016 Staacks Gallery, West Kirby, Exhibition
• 2016 Willow Gallery, Oswestry, 'All Squared' Exhibition
• 2016 Aintree University Hospital, 'Blooming' Exhibition
• 2015 Paperboat Gallery, Ellesmere Port, 'Out of the Box' Exhibition
• 2014 Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, Degree Show Exhibition
• 2013 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 'Memories' Exhibition

Fairs & Shows
• 2016 Chester Racecourse, Chester, Chester Arts Fair

Publications
• 2018 Featured Artist, Be Creative with Workbox Magazine

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